T H E TORCH OF REASON, SIL V E R T O N , OREGON, T H U R SD A Y , A P R IL 29, 1897.
will find incitement» t<> virtue in
the comfort and pleasantness you
«¡11 feel in it» exercise, and the
lin e of others which it « ill procure
vou. If you find reason to believe
there is a God, a consctousne •ss t h a t
you are acting under his eye, and
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you cannot give a thousand all at
once, just specify in y o u r subscnp-
D annie Malloy entered the U ni
tion th a t it is payable in m e ta l
versity last M onday.
incnts and semi it along, by register-
This is exam ination week and
etl mail, express, special messenger
or. la-tly, by freight; BUT BE SURE the students are p u ttin g in m uch
that it starts .
tim e reviewing.
i hat he a p p r o v e s you, will be a vast
additional incitem ent; if th a t Jesus
was also a God, you will he com-
forted by a belief of his aid and
love. Y our own mason is tho only
oracle given you by H eaven; and
To all of our friends: Do not
Q uite a num ber of our girls have
hesitate, but come right forward u n ifo rm sa n d they (th e girls) look
with every dollar of subscription very nice if they are infidels, but
th at you can possibly persuade the best of it is they are nice.
yourself to believe th a ty ,.u can now
Ou(. sw unch L ibera, fri„n d Mr
or a t any tim e in the fu tu re pay.
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fin#
student» do not know how much
th ey miss in one week unless they
are obliged to stay out
Every Secularist should wet as
our agent and help along the w r k
now while we need help most.
Please do n"t think we are short-
live«!. We w ill succeed! W rite
to us.
Mr. F. J. B eaty of Chemawa Ore.
| has donated fifty d o llars’ worth of
fu rn itu re to th - L ib e r a l U niversity,
Thig .* jugt w |)at wg w an(ed an()
you are answ erable, not for th e
A cut ,,f , be proposed bull,ling
# f )r |h(; | ib ra r„ |a8, Sull<biy Mr. Beaty deserves a vote of th an k s
rightness, hut uprightness of the can
seen in the Torch of Reason when b ecam e to Sunday-school.
from every Liberal.
decision.” From the above it is j,, the near future a copy of which
The following is an essay on
plainly seen th a t he carried his niav be procured b y dropping a
The com m ittee on location are
view of the rights of the individual pOKtrtl to the undersigned.
h aving quite a time in selecting the “ Science,’’ w ritten by Leona Allen,
m ind to an extreme, which, in that \y e wish to im press upon you building sight, hut
it is better to he one of the students of the U ni
age, had few supporters in his t | iat ¡ts erection ¡3 an assured careful and m ake no m istakes in versity:
“ Science
is one
of
the
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grandest things the w’orld has ever
“ doxy” was th u s strikingly lax, his
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we would lack knowledge of o u r
advice he generally gave his
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selves, of the w’orld in which we
nephews on these points, when th e y
live, and, in fact, everything th a t
were college students, m ight be
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leads to refinem ent and a high
sum m ed up as follows: Perfect
civilization. Science leads to high
freedom of thinking, but no other
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and noble thoughts, and th a t is
freedom! To do right and feel
M r . J ohn H ick s , T reasu rer F inance B uilding C om m ittee, Silverton. O re .:
| what every person needs to possess,
hum anely, we are hound: it is an
: who wishes to become happy, and
honorable bondage, and he is
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m ake the world b etter.”
noblest w h o ’s most subm issive to
L iberal U niversity F u n d , said fu n d to be used solely for th e c o n stru ctio n ,
We do not believe th a t more could
i t; b u t in m atters of opinion, it is
m ain ten an ce and fu rn ish in g of th e Liberal U n iv ersity of S ilverton, Ore.
be said in the same num ber of
infamy not to to free. H ear wdiat
words, an d as the num ber was lim
he says about conscience: —
E. L. S m ith , Silverton,
ited, we th in k the stu d en t did ex
“ Conscience is as much a p art of
R obert S cott , W oodburn,
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cellent work.
J ohn H ic k s , T reasu rer, Silverton,
a m an as his leg or arm . It is
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given to all hum an beings in a
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stronger or weaker degree, as force
of members is given them in a
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greater or less degree. I t may he
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strengthened by exercise, as m ay
article by Jam es R. Allen has a t
any p articu lar lim b o fth e body-”
tracted
considerable
atten tio n
• • • f |) i b e i t a l k J n i V e r t s i t v i F u n d • • •
In his advice to his children and
am ongC incinnati L iberals,of which
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nephews,
this tru th is often
I am a member. Every real thought
repeated:—
on every real subject knocks the
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“ If ever you find yourself in any
wind out of somebody or other. As
difficulty, and doubt how to ex
soon as his breath comes back he
I prom ise to pay to th e o rd er of J ohn H icks , S ilverton, O re.,
tricate yourself, do what is right,
very probably begins to expand it
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and you will find it the easiest way
in h ard words. These are the best
said fund to be used solely for th e c o n stru ctio n , m ain ten a n ce an d fu rn ish
of getting out of the difficulty.”
evidences th a t a m an can have th a t
And again, to Peter C arr: —
he has said som ething it was time
ing of th e L ib eral U n iv ersity of Silverton, Ore.
“Give up money, give up fame,
to say.
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ilverton,
give up science, give th e earth it
Oliver W endall Holmes com pares
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cott,
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self, and all it contains, ra th e r
th e daw ning of a new’ idea to the
Jo h n H icks, T reasu rer, S ilverton,
th an do an im m oral act. And
tu rn in g over of a stone in a field.
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never suppose th an in any possible
After describing all th e blind and
situation or any circum stances, it
w riggling creatures which live be
Cut th is out or copy it, fill in w ith th e am ount you wish to subscribe, and re tu rn to
is best for you to do a dishonorable
neath th e stone, he says: “ But no
Jo h n H icks, tre a su re r finance co m m ittee, S ilv e rto n , O re.
th in g .”— B ennett’s W orld’s Sages.
sooner is the stone tu rn ed and the
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fact and th a t your subscription will th is m atter lor it is a very im port- compre89ed and b)iuded conlm unity
1«. used solely for th a t purpose, an t one. Several offers of land and of creepiug tb in g M h a n a ll of thenJ
The Finance Com m ittee for the
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All our
m oney
have been m ade and wTe which , enjoy the
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construction of ~ the
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and the several m atters have been hope to know’ ju st w hat we are go-
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around w ildly buttin g each other
m itte will be upon us
right aw ay f°r execution.
We were som ewhat disappointed and everything in th eir way, and
and we m ust be prepared to pay
Several have prom ised to
su >- ¡n not being able to have the cu t of end in a general stam pede for un-
th eir bills.
scribe p ro v id e d
it is b u ilt
by
U niversity in th is week’s issue, derground retreats from the region
We earnestly request th a t all w ho Novem bei, to those we would say, | )Ut we ,nU;q learn to labor and to poisoned by sunshine. You never
have signified a desire for an sen^ 1 he money right along or it
need th in k you can tu rn up a new
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in stitu tio n of th is kind, now come " 1T . .onT’ . ,
C ontain idea w ithout a terrible squirm ing
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I t is absolutely necessary th a t we
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forw ard wit i a liberal su bscription jiave th e building ready for A llen’s side last F riday evening at and scattering of th e horrid little
population th a t dwells un d er it.”
for its construction. Negotiable occupation at th e earliest possible t j,e y p g g. q . E vervthing was
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cash, *aud we wish to im press on the
request prom pt subscriptions.
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